Chip wrote:Glad to hear the ROCKs have been thrown "Westward" by Mago!

Looking at this ROCK, it has two kinds of crackles. The verrry obvious ones you see in my photo. These are like nothing I have ever seen in any pottery, I will try to get closer photos, because the photo does not illustrate this very well.

Then there are the more typical Hagi crackling. These are virtually everywhere and mostly visible with the naked eye. Actually looks like it has had tea already. I expect if others have these, they will really progress!

Maybe these crackles stem from the "waterproofing" Eiichi performs on his works?Sounds and looks (!) really cool either way. I'm really looking forward to receiving mine. Thanks for sharing the early pic of yours, Chip. A great choice indeed!

I am not aware that these have any waterproofing, though they can do this. It is possible these are especially due to the bare clay. I would have to check.

Yes, there was discussion about the waterproofing with the SnowDrifts, which is odd, if that were the case, I would not expect to see the crackling ... especially on the exterior ... unless Ian's hands are really dirty.